Meaning of "not have a penny to bless oneself with" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF NOT HAVE A PENNY TO BLESS ONESELF WITH

not have a penny to bless oneself with

TRANSLATION OF NOT HAVE A PENNY TO BLESS ONESELF WITH

Find out the translation of not have a penny to bless oneself with to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of not have a penny to bless oneself with from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «not have a penny to bless oneself with» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 没有一分钱保佑自己与
• Translator English - Spanish: no tienen un centavo para bendecir a sí mismo con
• English: not have a penny to bless oneself with
• Translator English - Hindi: साथ अपने आप को आशीर्वाद देने के लिए एक पैसा भी नहीं
• Translator English - Arabic: لا يملك فلسا واحدا أن يبارك نفسه مع
• Translator English - Russian: нет ни копейки, чтобы благословлять себя с
• Translator English - Portuguese: não tem um centavo para abençoar a si mesmo com
• Translator English - Bengali: আপনার সাথে আশীর্বাদ একটি পেনি না
• Translator English - French: pas un sou pour se bénir avec
• Translator English - Malay: Tidak mempunyai sesen pun untuk memberkati diri dengannya
• Translator English - German: einen Pfennig , sich mit segne nicht
• Translator English - Japanese: で自分を祝福するためのペニーを持っていない
• Translator English - Korean: 로 자신을 축복 한 푼도 하지
• Translator English - Javanese: Ora duwe dhuwit kanggo mberkahi awake dhewe
• Translator English - Vietnamese: không có một xu nào để ban phước cho mình với
• Translator English - Tamil: தன்னுடன் ஆசீர்வதிக்க ஒரு பைசா கூட இல்லை
• Translator English - Marathi: स्वतःला आशीर्वाद देण्यासाठी एक पैसा नाही
• Translator English - Turkish: Kendini kutsamak için bir kuruş bile yok
• Translator English - Italian: Non hanno un soldo per benedire se stessi con
• Translator English - Polish: nie ma ani grosza , aby błogosławić siebie z
• Translator English - Ukrainian: немає ні копійки , щоб благословляти себе з
• Translator English - Romanian: nu au un ban de a se binecuvânta cu
• Translator English - Greek: Δεν έχει ούτε μια δεκάρα για να ευλογήσει τον εαυτό του με
• Translator English - Afrikaans: nie ´n sent om jouself te seën met
• Translator English - Swedish: inte ett öre att välsigna sig med
• Translator English - Norwegian: ikke har en krone å velsigne seg med

4 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NOT HAVE A PENNY TO BLESS ONESELF WITH»

Discover the use of not have a penny to bless oneself with in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to not have a penny to bless oneself with and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable

... 'a metal container for cooking'. in for a penny, in for a pound if one is to be involved at all, it may as well be fully; proverbial saying, late 17th century. not have a penny to bless oneself with be completely impoverished; alluding to the cross on ...

Elizabeth Knowles, 2006

Allen's Dictionary of English Phrases

not have a penny to bless oneself with to be impoverished or destitute: the allusion is either to the representation of a cross on former English silver pennies or to the former practice of crossing oneself, or another person's palm, with a piece of ...

Robert Allen, 2008

Oxford Dictionary of English

not have a penny to bless oneself with dated be comV- pletely impoverished. [ alluding to the cross on an old silver penny or to the practice of crossing a person's palm with silver for luck.] – origin Old English ble ̄dsian, ble ̄tsian, based on ...

Angus Stevenson, 2010

Reader's Digest Oxford complete wordfinder

(God) bless you! 1 an exclamation of endearment, gratitude, etc. 2 an exclamation made to a person who has just sneezed. I'm (or well, I'm) blessed an exclamation of surprise, etc. not have a penny to bless oneself with Brit, be impoverished.

Reader's Digest Association, 1996